Jay Kholos doesn’t hesitate when asked where he got the idea for A Stoop on Orchard Street , his musical re­telling of the turn-of-the-20th-century Jewish immigrant experience in New York: “The Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day,” he says with a laugh. Of course, that’s not the whole story behind the show that is now playing at the Dell Theater of the National...

We don’t hear the expression “a meat-and-potatoes man” very much these days, if at all (too sexist, too unhealthy, etc.). But the truth is that protein and some kind of starch have been the basis of good old American meals for decades. The lasagna below doesn’t exactly fit this image, but it’s too good to miss. ‘Unstuffed’ Couscous Chicken Breasts...

November is traditionally Jewish Book Month, a time of festivals and lots of book talk. In the region, the most touted book fair is the Bank of America Festival of Arts, Books and Culture held at the Katz JCC in Cherry Hill, N.J. This year’s lineup includes Carrie Fisher ( Wishful Drinking ), Delia Ephron ( The Lion Is In...

You might be wondering - what's Jewish - or hot - about the public library? Well, it just so happens that the Free Library's Central branch has an unusually impressive slate of winter programs featuring Jewish authors, so we thought you might like to hear about them. Best of all, most of them are...

So what do you do when confronted with guests who don’t drink? As much as we all love entertaining, some folks just don’t tipple, be it for health reasons or whatever. Rather than only having soft drinks to offer them, why not take advantage of a whole new crop of non-alcoholic beverage recipes that even your non-teetotaling guests will enjoy?...